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I appeared for CSS-2014 final Interview at Islamabad on 22nd of December 2014. The day was a cold one and sitting for around two hours in the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) waiting room was quite a test of nerves. Finally I was called in at around 11:30 am. The panel consisted of: 1. Maj Gen (retd) Niaz Muhammad Khattak 2. Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi (Member and BS-22 Officer (Retd) of Secretariat Group) 3. Abdul Wajid Rana   (Memeber and Former Secretary Finance) 4. Mr. Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri Member (Former Chief Secretary Balochistan) The Chairman welcomed me when i entered the room, he started discussion informally by asking question regarding my home district of Chitral it geography, Lawari tunnel, Kalash tribe and their culture, issue of conversion etc. The he referred me over to Madam Batool, who started asking question from my work experience and how my earlier organization i.e. Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) has been very effective in Hunza ...

One the top online retailer of Pakistan - homeshopping.pk proudly claims to beat any price in the local market, however when applied for one product, I was declined on clumsy ground. Actually online retailers are charging much more than local retailers although they have advantage in the shape of no physical shop and mostly operate from a small cabin office.  Here is what i got from homeshopping.pk as response to my price update request.  "This is to inform you that your Price update request has been disapproved due to the following reasons or anyone of them. 1) The product offered is from some international Vendor. Price update request is only valid for local retailers. 2) The product offered by the local vendor is blacklisted on our database and that could only be due to quality retailed issues. There are times when some other vendors might be giving something for 500 less then our price but then they have no return policy or might just sell some refurbished stock which ...